MANILA, Philippines — Taking a cue from the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR), a measure has been filed in the House of Representatives seeking to establish the Samar Island Region, to ...

Despite enduring natural disasters, the people of Eastern Samar have shown remarkable resilience and found ways to rebuild and develop their communities after such tragedies. Considered one of the ...

He said Samar Island can get its rice supply from Legazpi City in the Bicol Region. Authorities are considering the use of barge to transport rice and other goods from Tacloban City to Basey town ...

Delia Monleon, mayor of Jipapad, a town of 7,000 people in Eastern Samar province, said floodwaters were preventing people from getting to their homes there. "Our problem is power.

GUIUAN, Eastern Samar (PIA) — Residents of Homonhon and Suluan islands in Eastern Samar who need emergency medical care will be ferried by a custom-built sea ambulance, which was recently acquired by ...

The same PSA data showed that poverty incidence among families in Samar province was at 24.9%; Eastern Samar at 24.7%, and Northern Samar at 21.8% — much higher than that of Leyte (excluding ...

TACLOBAN CITY — The three governors of Samar Island are pushing for the construction of roads and bridges to end poverty and insurgency in their areas. Governors Edwin Ongchuan of Northern ...

The ever-worsening conditions due to mining operations on Homonhon Island and Manicani Island in Eastern Samar are a case in point,” he said in his pastoral letter entitled “Make a Firm Stand ...

In Eastern Samar, the narrative of March 16, 1521 isn’t about the “discovery” of the archipelago by foreigners, but about the compassion of our ancestors. While textbooks credit Ferdinand Magellan as ...